ESPN.com’s Dan Rafael reports that the gate for the Mayweather-McGregor fight drew $55.8 million. The fight which took place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on August 26th.
The event came in second in total gate in Nevada to the $72 million gate of Mayweather-Pacquiao in May 2015.
Per ESPN:
There were 137 complimentary tickets given away, according to the Nevada commission. The gate was generated from the sale 13,094 tickets, far short of a sellout at an arena that could have held as many as 20,500 for the fight.
Payout Perspective:
There was a lot of high projections for the gate but the sluggish ticket sales were largely due to the astronomical prices. Its interesting that this event did well with PPV buys but fell short in the projected gate. $55.8 million still is much more than any other event in Nevada aside from May-Pac.
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